The Premier League bungs inquiry is approaching its final stages but the handover of Lord Stevens' interim report to the chief executive Richard Scudamore could be delayed as the former Metropolitan police commissioner tracks down some of the more elusive managers he would like to interview.

Stevens has spoken with the new England manager Steve McClaren in recent days, but with many clubs involved in pre-season tours overseas and some, including Gérrard Houllier, employed abroad, working through all those he needs to talk to has not been straightforward.

Stevens has received detailed information of alleged irregularities from a number of sources in the course of his investigation, and is keen to deliver a high-profile scalp to avoid allegations that the process has been a whitewash - not to mention justify the £500,000 fee his consultancy Quest are charging the PL for their services. He will hand in his interim report some time next month.

It remains to be seen whether the report will be published by the PL but, given Stevens' background, any evidence of criminal activity will certainly be passed on to the police.

Fuller firm's sponsor test

The flurry of sponsorship deals currently being sealed by the Football Association poses the first test for the England squad's new commercial agents 1966 Entertainment. A subsidiary of 19 Entertainment, the company founded by the Spice Girls svengali Simon Fuller, 1966 last week began a four-year contract representing Team England.

Fuller's firm acts for David and Victoria Beckham, right, and Beckham's manager Terry Byrne will lead negotiations with the FA over the squad's share of the sponsorship income. The aim will be to secure more than the £4m-a-year the players shared during the last World Cup cycle from the FA's deals with Nationwide, Umbro and Carlsberg. 1966 will also be responsible for liaison between the players, their agents, the FA and sponsors, though past form suggests keeping all four parties happy will not be straightforward.

Wembley workers' woe

Relations between Multiplex and Wembley National Stadium Ltd have collapsed almost as completely as the damaged drains at the shambolic stadium, but levels of trust between Multiplex and its 1,800 employees on site appear little better. One of the outstanding tasks facing the contractor is the installation of hundreds of plasma screens in the stadium gangways and executive boxes, but Multiplex is delaying fitting the screens for fear that they will be stolen by staff. All the fittings and cabling are in place but insiders say that for "security" reasons the screens will not go in until the last moment, whenever that might be.

Spurs seal TV deal

Tottenham are close to agreeing a deal with ITV for coverage of their home Uefa Cup ties this season. The opening stages of the competition, starting with a knockout round in September, are likely to be screened on ITV4, but should Spurs progress to the group stage any juicy ties could find their way on to ITV1. Channel Five has done a similar deal with Newcastle for ties at St James' Park, starting with the second qualifying round match on August 24. Five will also attempt to pick up away games involving English clubs. ITV owns the rights to all matches from the quarter-final stage onwards.

Fans behind turnstile toil

Yorkshire chief executive Stewart Regan has blamed supporters for the turnstile delays which saw thousands of cricket fans miss a sizeable chunk of the morning's play between England and Pakistan at Headingley yesterday. Supporters bombarded BBC Test Match Special with complaints about the delays, but Regan said the problem was caused by people who do not know how to turn up in good time for Test matches. "If you know that it is cash turnstiles, then to turn up just before the game is short-sighted," he said. "It all went relatively smoothly considering that everyone had to pay and that these days there are also security checks."